PARAMESHSUKUMAR
No. 322, 1st floor, Door #1, © +91-9841414968
Lloyds Road, Avvai Shanmugam Salai, 044-28474968
Royapettah, Chennai – 600014 paramesh.sukumar@gmail.com
To pursue challengingassignmentsin my careerthat would prove my abilities and skills to contributeto the
growth of a company and enablesme to offerthebest of my professionalabilityand seekingmiddle level
assignments in Strategic FinancialControl / FinancialAnalysis / Accountswith a growth orientedorganization.
CareerSummary
 Over 10 plus years of experience in the Finance Professional of proven record of organizational
and functional goals delivery, through business partnering, cross functional collaboration,
leveraging functional teams.
 Possess vast experience in the arena of E2E Accounting Process [Payables, Receivables and General
Ledger Reconciliations and Reporting & Analysis] in the shared service center environment.
 Sound knowledge in areas including Annual Business Plans, Management Information, Project
Accounting.
 Green Belt Certified in automating Cash Application/Allocation Process
 Experience in ERP development /implementations SAP
 Have experience in process Migrations and also travelled to CHINA for transition
 Exhibiting good interest in reviewing internal systems / procedures and extending remedial
measures / suggestions for quality delivery.
 Proficient in maintaining process documentation and developing Continuous Improvement
Mindset
 Possess leadership skills that bring in optimal productivity of the team which results in client
satisfaction and greater value addition to the business.

CoreCompetencies
Preparationand collationof Budgets and designing business plans & monitoringthe same.
Managing finance functions viz. conducting cost analysis and reportingvariances to facilitate
internal financial control.
Maintaining supplier details, processing supplier invoices and employee related claims, processing
payments & reconciliations.
Customer and price master maintenance, invoicing, receivables monitoring & provision for
doubtful debts.
Reconciliation of Balance sheets line items,Inter-companyreconciliations an posting Costs accruals
and Revenue accruals
Capitalizing and Depreciating the Assets according to the Nature and Life time of the assets.
 Maintaining & preparing MIS reports to update top management on financial performance, fund
management, inventory & profitability, etc.
Formulating annual budgets and conducting variance analysis to determine difference between
projected/actual results & implementing corrective actions.
Synchronizing with Auditors, evaluating internal control systems / procedures to highlight
shortcomings.
Recruiting, Onboarding, Training & Managing Talent
Experience& Skills
CAREER CONTOUR
Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd, Chennai (Royal Dutch Shell) Since Apr’2015 – Till Date
Role: Business Finance Analyst
Key Deliverables:
 This position provides Finance in the Business (FiTB) leadership to the Business with responsibilities for Business
Controls, Governance and Assurance, Project Accounting and Financial Controls, Planning & Budgeting,
Performance Management, Finance Management, Supply Chain Management and Project Economics
 Responsible for analysis, preparation and presentation of monthly financial Management Information (MI) and
Latest Estimates. This entitles working directly with the Asset Leadership to review the analysis of financial
information to help them understand areas in need of improvement, and also working with them to refine the
proposed latest estimate (and eventually business plan) information based on upcoming business activity and
improvement efforts to be implemented.
Financial Management
Accounts Payables
AccountsReceivables
General Accounting
FixedAssets
Budgeting&MIS
Managerial

 Policy, Procedure & Assurance: Ensure compliance with accounting policies, contracts (Joint Operating Agreements
/ Production Handling Agreements / commercial), and delegation of authorities, Due Diligence and Business
Assurance Processes.
 Preparation of monthly Cost and Revenue accruals
 Analyzing the variance on the P&L line items and providing commentaries to the Stakeholders
 Ensure that the costs has been allocated rightly to Opex & Capex
 Preparing Opex and capex statement on monthly basis and project to the stakeholders
 Monitoring overhead charges and voice out when the variance is abnormal
 Preparation of Management Information reports and presenting to Business Finance Manager (BFM) and to the
Leaders of the business
 Deal with Non operated ventures and ensure that the process is followed as per JOA [Joint Operating agreement]
 Create AFE [authorization of Expenditure] as per the activity performed [Opex or Capex] to monitor the costs
 Preparation of Budgets and Latest Estimates and submission in the planning tool
 Master Data review and closures
 Monthly Balance Sheet reviews with the finance managers and support them for Annual Business plan.
 Handled a variety of financial/business activities related to Month-end close and reporting.
 Identify, quantify and report any/potential inconsistencies in the ledger, and participate in formulating corrective
actions
Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd, Chennai (Royal Dutch Shell)
Role: Senior Finance Analyst - Accounts Receivables since Oct’2012 – Mar 2015
Finance Analyst - Accounts Receivables since Dec’2010 – Sep 2012
Key Deliverables:
 Trained and Led a team of 5 accounts receivables professionals in handling Invoice processing, Unbilled balance
analysis, Resolution to invoice rejections, Credit management
 Strong Account Management, Intra Group Pre-clearance experience and Stakeholder Management(6+yrs)
 Resolution Management with respect to Technical issues/Query from SAP users related to Billing and project set
up. Act as SAP super user within the process.
 Act as a Subject Matter expert for the Engagement (Contract, Deal) Tool and setting up flawless projects in SAP
and maintaining them.
 Analyzing subjects like Cost and Revenue Analysis, data cleansing, Pre-projects and generating MIS reports using
various tools in SAP, Business Objects and Project Management dashboard.
 Monitoring the timely generation of invoices and its dispatch every month.

 Dispute Management: Perform the Root cause analysis using 5 Why technique or Fishbone analysis and mitigate
the issue from recurring in future
 Effectively transferred knowledge within the team.
 Creation and maintained of work instructions for the users within the process.
 Performed Quarterly Intra Group pre-clearance reconciliation.(AP and AR Recon)
 KPI Dashboard Reporting
Process Migration
 Migrated E2E Revenue Process in Sep 2012
 Have been attended F2F transition by travelling to China - Beijing
 Clear understanding on the Migration process by preparing the Process Documents and Work Instructions
 Agreed the clear roles & responsibilities and accountabilities
Continuous Improvements
 Green Belt Certified on Automating the Cash application allocation Process
 Completed and supported SDDMAIC projects on clearing all legacy un-billed costs
 Supported to Green Belt and Black projects by sharing the Knowledge and Best Practices to drive the projects
 Prepared FMEA for the Key Metrics – Un-billed and Dispute
Controls
 As a Control Self Assurance Focal, Monthly operating & monitoring Controls and sent to control Owner for the
sign off
 Handled PWC & Internal Audits and ensure that controls are operated effectively
 Raising the Learning Incident [CCI] if there is any control deviation and sharing the learnings to team members on
the same.
Logica Pvt Ltd [Deputation: Data core Technologies Pvt Ltd] Financial Consultant March 2010 - Dec 2010
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd Sr. Process Associate April 2007 – Nov 2009
Infy Tech (P) Ltd Process Associate April 2006 – March 2007
Key Deliverables:
Accounts Payable, General Accounting and Accounts Receivables
 E2E Process knowledge in payables, Receivables and General Accounting.
 Possess vast experience in Project Accounting
 Processing client’s Invoices & Credit Notes, T&E, Online Payments, Wire Payments, Netting and Manual
Payments

 Reconciling the Vendor Statements on weekly and monthly Basis
 Ensuring that month end activities and reports are completed on time by the team members
 Responding to vendor queries, resolving issues in the daily business activities
 Maintaining Daily Trackers and Updating Weekly Metrics.
 Responsible for maintaining trackers for Dispute Invoices
 Provide training for joiners in AP & GA team.
 Coordinate with my supervisor and escalate the necessary issues.
 Maintaining the SLA agreed by the Client.
 Providing timely Management Reports – Procure to Pay Reports, SLA, Operation Committee Report, Executive
Summary etc., to Operational Committee.
 Balance Sheet Reconciliation (Current Assets & Liabilities)
 Maintaining Inter-company transaction
 JV Postings and helping the team to prepare Month-End Reports
 Supplier Reconciliation
 Capitalizing the Assets according to the Nature and Life time of the Assets
 Performing Monthly doing the Depreciation Run
 Interacting with client's bank & customer’s bank for clarification in applying customer payments.
 Ensure that necessary information is available to allow accurate and timely payment allocation
 Monitor unallocated cash & ensure the suspense account is kept to minimum.
 To keep regular follow up with Banks to collect the backups for payments upon receipt of cash in Bank.
 Maintaining the SLA agreed by the Client.
Rewards & Recognitions:
 Been rewarded as Centre Finance Leadership Individual Awardee [Sep 2012] for demonstrating the external focus
and delivery IOT process automation which resulted in Smooth billing and On-time payment.
 Nominated for CFO awards for the automation of Cash allocation Process and replicating the process/benefits to
across IG Global.
 Received SRA Awards for exhibiting Behavioral Imperatives of Shell
 Received “R&R and Thank you cards” for Consistent and sustaining Error Free Performance.
 Rewarded 2 Numero Uno Award, 1 Team Spirit Award and 2 Life Saver Award for enormous commitment and
dedication to learn the process in short span of time & delivered it with 100% accuracy and for conducting Team
Town halls on the floor.
 Rewarded for contributing 2 ideas for process improvement in AP Process

Technical Skills:
1. SAP – End User Environment
2. Tally till 9.0 Version
3. All MS Office Packages.
4. Fluent in applying excels skills like Lookup’s, H-lookup’s, PIVOT, Recording and running Macros, and
Formulae's
5. Fluent in SharePoint [FSO] in creating Forms, Workflows etc.
Education
Post Graduate in MBA finance from Madras University
B.COM. Graduated in Annamalai University, Chidambaram
Personal Details
Date of Birth 02nd Jan 1986
Father’s Name V. Sukumar
Languages Known English, Tamil, Hindi,
Marital Status Single
Passport Available
Place: Chennai Signature:
Date: [Paramesh Sukumar]
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